Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)

Two major Catholic hospital systems with a big presence across the Southland — Providence Health & Services and St. Joseph Health — want to join forces amid an industrywide consolidation drive. The two health systems said Friday that they had signed a letter of intent to merge into a single organization. But they cautioned that discussions are in the "very early stages" and details about a partnership might not be finalized for several months. The combination would bring together hospitals in California, Oregon, Texas and several other states as well as some well-known institutions in Southern California. Some of their hospitals include Providence St. Joseph...

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Regarding your story that Maryland overbilled the U.S. through its insurance exchange ("Audit says Maryland overbilled federal government $28.4M in health exchange launch," March 27) what else is new?
In the last eight years has there been a...